2011-2012 Calendar

Unless otherwise noted, Garden Club meetings are held on the last Monday of the month (from September through April) at 11:15 a.m. at St. Theresa's Church at 15 Still River Road in Harvard, MA.

September 2011 / Newsletter

Sept. 19	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
Sept. 26	Regular Meeting: Edible Arrangements, Lou Greenstein Lou will demonstrate how to create something delicious to look at and beautiful to eat.
	Hospitality Committee: Claudia Wesley & Shirley Boudreau (chairs), Deborah Dowson, Connie Grabowy, Barbara Heim, Virginia Latham, Eileen Ryan, Pat Shaw, Sheila Simollardes, Joan Rice Floral arrangement: Barbara Heim

October 2011 / Newsletter

Oct. 6	Flower Arranging Workshop,Friendly Crossways, 247 Littleton County Road
Oct. 24	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
Oct. 31	Regular Meeting: Gardens of Ireland, Karin Stanley Karin, both garden designer and sculptor, takes us to her country of origin. See karinstanley.com for some beautiful pictures of her work and garden design.
	Hospitality Committee: Anni McCoy (chair), Joan Burns, Joan Chu, Pam Durrant, Trudy Lambie, Arline Marteney, Karen Shea, Zainab Ale Rasool Floral arrangement: Jessie Panek

November 2011 / Newsletter

Nov. 21	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
Nov. 28	Regular Meeting: Historic Garden Preservation at Stevens-Coolidge Place, Laura Bibler Laura Bibler describes the process of restoring period gardens, illustrated by her work at Steven-Coolidge Place, and offers tips for us to use in our own gardens.
	Hospitality Committee: Mary Anne Jordy (chair), Lillo Harpur, Carol Hartman, Nancy Miller, Margaret Murphy, Phyllis Clawson, Dianne Newton, Kathy Jackson Floral arrangement: Margaret Murphy

December 2011

Dec. 12	Holiday Greens Workshop 9:30 a.m. to noon This year we will again make baskets of greens for Harvard's shut-ins as well as for ourselves. Bring some greens from your garden, trade with other members, and buy forms and trimmings. Learn to make a holiday arrangement with guidance and examples.
	Hospitality: Rachel Oglesby (chair), Chris Ready, Joyce Grant

January 2012

Jan. 23	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
Jan. 30	Regular Meeting: Rain Gardens, Scott LaFleur Scott is Horticulture and Botanic Garden Director at Garden in the Woods. He will show us how to capture storm water runoff, beautify our gardens, and create biodiversity.
	Hospitality Committee: Marian Mailloux (chair), Marie Finnegan, Phyllis Konop, Marie Magrath, Carlene Phillips, Mary Randig, Pam Marston, Nancy Gasser Floral arrangement: Marty Green
Jan. 26-29	Flora in Winter Tower Hill Botanic Garden and Worcester Art Museum

February 2012

Feb. 20	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
Feb. 27	Joint meeting with the Harvard Woman's Club: Chinese Garden Tour, Lynette Tsiang Lynette is a landscape designer from Lexington, Mass., who lived in Indonesia as a child. She went back in 2005 to visit Classical Chinese gardens. In 2007 she attended the Japanese Garden Intensive Seminar at Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts. She will take us on a journey through the Yangtze River Delta visiting many of the Scholar Gardens that feature landscapes of mountains and water, discussing design techniques that are unique to Chinese gardens.
	Hospitality Committee: Denyse Cox (chair), Molly Cutler, Joan Dillard, Lois Frampton, Marty Green, Pat Jennings, Barbara Spencer, Joann Sueltenfuss Floral arrangement: Lois Frampton

March 2012

March 19	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
March 26	Regular Meeting: Methods of Propagating Plants, Connie Grabowy Connie is a member of The Garden Club of Harvard. She has a master’s degree in botany and has taken many horticulture courses at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens. Connie will give a talk on growing plants from seeds and cuttings and also show some inexpensive ways of building your own plant collections.
	Hospitality Committee: Mimi Dorward (chair), Kathy Jackson, Suzanne Buell, Cindy O’Brien, Maureen Phillips, Rachel Ross, Becky Shives, Christine Spielvogel, Jesse Panek Floral arrangement: Karen Green

April 2012

	Plant Sale Potting Workshops begin
April 23	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)
April 30	Regular Meeting: Continuous Container Gardening, Roanne Robbins Roanne is co-author with Sara Begg Townsend of the book Continuous Container Gardens. Roanne will share information and ideas for container and small space gardens using organic materials. She will demonstrate floral design for events, holidays, and everyday home decor.
	Hospitality Committee: Fran Maiore (chair), Marybeth Cyr, Pam Watson, Teddy Coffin, Bill Parkinson, Mary Helan Turner, Louisa Van Baalen, Madelaine Ferguson Floral arrangement: Deborah Dowson

May 2012

May 18	Set up for plant sale on the Harvard Common.
May 19	Annual Plant Sale, Harvard Common, 9:00 a.m. to noon, rain or shine
May 21	Board Meeting at 9:15 a.m. (see yearbook for location)

June 2012

June 6

Garden Tour, Luncheon, and Annual Meeting